[Alac-sc-outreach] Fwd: Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO Outreach Strategic Plan - please comment

Mon Aug 21 16:52:55 UTC 2017

Great input Alfredo.. You should be on an end-user panel that could help
developers who put these resources together so that they are more
user-friendly and relevant to all end-users.

Mauree

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 1:55 AM, Alfredo Calderon <
calderon.alfredo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi to all:
>
> Excellent points have been made by all.  Going back to my first contact
> with ICANN as a face-to-face participant I would like to share my
> experience.
>
>    - I was impressed with the warm greeting by all individuals with which
>    I talked.
>    - The passion with which everyone talked about ICANN and the work they
>    were involved in.
>    - The huge number of sessions going on made it somewhat difficult to
>    focus on a series of sessions I was interested in.
>    - I had a great mentor - Eduardo Díaz, who answered all my questions
>    as I left every session.
>    - The great number of acronyms made it difficult to follow some
>    discussions, therefore discouraging me from following the session.
>
> However, I believe that with my background, representing a particular
> academic sector of society, I could contribute to enhancing ICANN's
> mission. It's been three years, by ICANN 60. For ICANN 60 I applied for a
> fellowship and will have the opportunity to interact with many groups and
> learn more details on how I can get involved in ICANN.
>
> Having said that, I guess my biggest concern is that those of us that are
> professionals, still working full-time with many responsibilities, but
> eager to get involved in some Internet-related issues, or even, learn more:
> ICANN does not make it easy for some.
>
> Multimedia materials, short visual descriptions of each component of
> ICANN, 3-minute video clips explaining what each Working Group, Committee
> or Organization within ICANN does would be helpful. It is sometimes
> difficult to find things in ICANN's World because "we the people - civil
> society" sometimes have to "guess" what and where topics of interest are
> defined or categorized. Once you get involved to develop some skills on
> "how and where" to look for the information desired.
>
> Some tools that could help are:
>
>    - http://www.sparkol.com/
>    - https://www.doodly.com/
>    - https://plotagon.com/
>
> I recently completed the ccNSO course at - http://learn.icann.org/p/
> ccnso-onboarding and found it very helpful. However, it has some images
> that are overwhelming with information and no way to drill into the
> details. That would be helpful!
>
> I agree with all that the resources are great, are in various languages,
> but something is missing! How can we get ICANN's work accessible to more
> individuals in a way that they can say "Aha!, this is how I can get
> involved in ICANN and better serve by community from within this global
> organization."
>
> Just my 2cents!
>
> Hope to see you all in ICANN 60 and ICANN 61 in Puerto Rico!
>
>
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> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 2:52 AM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Maureen,
>>
>> please find my answers below:
>>
>> On 21/08/2017 06:06, Maureen Hilyard wrote:
>>
>> The guide is good.. but if its something we want everyone to make sense
>> of we need to explain each section without oral or written language which
>> is the first barrier...
>>
>> We keep saying that a lot of our potential participants are not
>> comfortable with English and then we give them that booklet.
>>
>>
>> Actually all of the Beginners Guides are translated in the 5 UN
>> languages. It's actually the main point of the Beginners Guides, that they
>> are translated.
>> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/beginners-guides-2012-03-06-en
>>
>>
>>
>> I love those videos where an artist draws a flowchart as a visual to
>> explain a process - no language but the message is clear.
>> A new online guidebook could consist of a series of flowcharts that
>> introduce and explain each process.
>> By clicking onto the flowchart you would access the artist's
>> "explanation" of how the process occurs, but no actual voice-over required
>> - so no language barriers..
>>
>>
>> I fully support this. The problem, in my opinion, is not the language.
>> It's the medium that the message is delivered on. In a world where young
>> people have stopped reading anything else than instant messages, we need to
>> reduce written content to short paragraphs and add audio visual content.
>>
>>
>> Anyone know a good artist?
>>
>>
>> ICANN did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kFcxf8KAjg
>>
>> Also have a look at the explanation of the Trademark Clearinghouse:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZKzaj5mURo
>>
>> Kindest regards,
>>
>> Olivier
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> M
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> a response I have received during the consultation process of our
>>> Outreach Strategy mentioned a comment I have heard on many occasions: how
>>> do ALSes get their members involved in At-Large activity? (see below)
>>>
>>> There is a beginner's guide that explains how to participate in
>>> At-Large,  but it is more than three years old.
>>> https://www.icann.org/resources/files/participating-at-large
>>> -2013-11-08-en
>>>
>>> And when I read the Guide I can't help wondering why this has not been
>>> providing a suitable answer to all the people who have asked me this
>>> question. Are we missing the target? How can we rectify this?
>>>
>>> Kindest regards,
>>>
>>> Olivier
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> Subject: Re: [EURO-Discuss] EURALO Outreach Strategic Plan - please
>>> comment
>>> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:03:47 +0200
>>> From: svg at milathan.ltd <svg at milathan.ltd> <svg at milathan.ltd>
>>> To: Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl at gih.com> <ocl at gih.com>
>>> CC: Discussion for At-Large Europe <euro-discuss at atlarge-lists.ic
>>> ann.org> <euro-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
>>>
>>> Olivier,
>>>
>>> One suggestion I have is to augment the « Task Force on ALS Engagement »
>>> section with a mention of the difficulties some ALSes may have in
>>> explaining to their members how they are able to participate and helping
>>> them to understand the basic At Large structure and dynamics so that their
>>> participation becomes easier.
>>>
>>> It’s certainly an issue we’ve had in the individual users’ org and I
>>> think it would be useful to reflect this in EURALO’s Outreach Plan.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Stéphane Van Gelder
>>> Chairman and Managing Director
>>>
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>>
>> --
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